The computer attack against the Corbeil-Essonnes hospital, in the Paris suburbs, does not endanger the health of patients, assured Tuesday in Montpellier the Minister of Health François Braun, while qualifying this cyberattack as “
dramatic and inadmissible
".
“
Patient care is not endangered
,” insisted the minister, specifying that patients coming under “
severe technical platforms are redirected by the Samu to other hospitals
”.
“
It's a cyberattack, as unfortunately there are in all establishments, (…) as there are regularly, unfortunately.
We will not give
in, ”assured François Braun, passing through the Hérault in a vaccination center against monkeypox.
But “
the hospital reacted extremely well, with the support of the ARS, the support of the ministry and the support of the interior forces to counter this attack
”, continued the Minister of Health and Prevention. .
Regular attacks for two years
The South Francilien Hospital Center (CHSF) in Corbeil-Essonnes, south-east of Paris, has been the victim of a computer attack since the night of Saturday to Sunday around 01:00.
A ransom demand of 10 million dollars, formulated in English, was demanded by the hacker(s).
Opened in 2012 and with a capacity of a thousand beds, the CHSF provides health coverage for a population of nearly 600,000 inhabitants of the outer suburbs.
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A wave of cyberattacks has been targeting the French and European hospital sector for about two years.
In 2021, the National Authority for the Security and Defense of Information Systems (Anssi) noted on average one incident of this type per week in a health establishment in France.
“
No (hospital) establishment has paid and will not pay (ransom)
”, indicated the director of the CHSF, because of its status as a public establishment, the attack therefore being a pure loss for the cybercriminals.
To fight against the expanding phenomenon, the State devoted after the Covid-19 epidemic an envelope of 25 million euros to the cybersecurity of health establishments.